Improvement in sash-holders



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CHARLES BEAN, 0F NORTH PROVIDENCE, AS-SIeNoE EoEoNE-HALETO JAMES LANeLEY, JE., oE PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

Letters Patent N 99,815, dated .February 15, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN sass-HOLDERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making partA of the same To all whom it may concern Be `it known that I, CHARLES BEAN, of the townof North Providence, in the county of Providence, and State of Rhode Isla-ntl, have inventeda. new and useful Improvement in Sash-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de scription thereof', sulicient to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to'make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a view in perspective of one of my sashfasteners complete;

-Fignre 2, a central vertical section of the same; and

Figure 3, a view of a window-sash, in section, with my improved fastener applied thereto.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several gures.

In the drawing- A represents a cylindrical casing, so formed as to admit of its being economically yet securely inserted into the stile of a sash, without much if' any cutting being requisite.

B is a projection cast upon the casing for the purpose of securing it to the window-sash.

C is a hinged flap attached Ihy a hinge-joint to the casing A at D. k

E is a rod connecting the Hap O with an operating lever or thumb-piece.

l*1 is a spiral 'expansion spring placed around the rod E, and arranged to press between the inner end of casing A and inner side of flap C.

G is the operating lever or thumb-piece mounted on bearings H, and provided with a projection, I, which connects with an eye formed in the end of the rod E.

The. fastener should be placed in the stile of the sash adjacent to the cross-bar, the lever being left projecting upon the outside parallel with the glass. The

been constructed, and also that a hinged flap, spring,

connecting-rod, and crank-lever have so been combined as to produce similar results. In each of these cases, however, a separate and distinct pressure was necessary' for first disengaging the fastening device 'omthe window-flame, and then for the purpose of raising the sash still another Separate force was requisite. v

By the arrangement of my lever with relation to the hinged iapa pressure .requisite for disengaging the same from contact with the window-frame, if continued, will elevate sash. I have, also, by the arrangement-of the parts, sought to embrace them all within a cylindrical case, thus producing a compact, simple, durable, and inexpensive sash-fastener.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire'to secure by Letters Patent- As a new article of manufacture, the improved sashfastener herein described," consisting essentially of the cylindrical casing A, hinged flap C hinged directly to it, connecting-rod E, spring F, and lever G, also pivoted to the casing, all constructed and operating as and for the purposes specified.

CHARLES BEAN.

Witnesses:

HENRY'W. ALLEN, SrEPnEN ESSEX. 

